Municipio Villa Rivero
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 Church tower of Villa Rivero |
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| Basic data
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| Population (state) - population density |
8135 inhabitants (2012 census) 80 inhabitants / km² |
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| Post Code | 03-1402 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| surface | 102 km² | ||
| height | 2560 m | ||
| Coordinates | 17 ° 39 ′ S , 65 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| politics
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| Department | Cochabamba | ||
| province | Punata Province | ||
| Central place | Villa Rivero | ||
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 Climate diagram Cochabamba |
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The municipality of Villa Rivero is a district in the department of Cochabamba in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
The municipality of Villa Rivero is one of five municipalities in the province of Punata . It is bordered to the west by the province of Germán Jordán , to the southwest by the province of Esteban Arce , to the southeast by the municipality of Cuchumuela , to the east by the municipality of Tacachi , to the northeast by the province of Arani and to the north by the municipality of Punata .
The central place of the municipality is Villa Rivero ( also: Pueblo Originario Aramasi ) with 1,858 inhabitants in the north-western part of the municipality. ( 2012 census )
geography
The Municipio Villa Rivero is located in the transition area between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east.
The mean average temperature of the region is just under 18 ° C (see climate diagram Cochabamba) and fluctuates only slightly between 14 ° C in June and July and 20 ° C in November. The annual precipitation is around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 90 to 110 mm monthly precipitation.
population
The population of the Municipio Villa Rivero has increased by about a third in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1992 | 5,949 | census |
| 2001 | 5,857 | census |
| 2012 | 8,135 | census |
The population density of the municipality in the last census of 2012 was 79.8 inhabitants / km², the proportion of the urban population is 0 percent. The life expectancy of newborns in 2001 was 64.0 years.
The literacy rate among those over 19 is 70.9 percent, namely 88.3 percent for men and 57.0 percent for women (2001) .
politics
Results of the elections for the municipal council ( concejales del municipio ) in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:
| electoral legitimate |
electoral participation |
valid votes | MAS-IPSP | POVE | MSM | UN-CP | ||
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| 5,487 | 4,741 | 3,378 | 1,318 | 1,091 | 579 | 390 | ||
| 86.4% | 71.3% | 39.0% | 32.3% | 17.1% | 11.5% |
structure
The municipality is not in cantons ( cantones ) divided and consists only of:
- 03-1401-01 Canton of Villa Rivero
Localities in the Municipio Villa Rivero
- Canton of Villa Rivero
- Villa Rivero 1858 pop - Aramasi 1750 pop
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012
- ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010
Web links
- Municipio Villa Rivero - General Maps No. 31402
- Municipio Villa Rivero - detailed map and population data (PDF; 225 kB) (Spanish)
- Departamento Cochabamba - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 7.58 MB) ( Spanish )